ether

🇺🇸 /ˈiːθər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈiːθə(r)/
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noun
R

A colorless, volatile liquid that is used as a solvent and was once used in medicine to put people to sleep during surgeries.

The doctor used ether to anesthetize the patient before the operation.

医生在手术前使用乙醚使病人麻醉。

R

The space in the sky above the Earth's surface.

Her voice seemed to float up into the ether.

她的声音似乎飘向了太空。

R

The space around us where radio and electronic signals travel.

The signal was lost and disappeared into the ether.

信号丢失了,消失在了太空中。

translation

n. 乙醚, 苍穹, 以太

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Plural ethers